It was pressuring Milwaukee (1-1) on defense that made the difference for UW.

"When you have a team that is not great ball handlers, you have to make them dribble and do something they're not comfortable with," head coach Bobbie Kelsey commented. "They're comfortable with shooting and so we just stood there (in the first half).

"We got up a little bit on them and made them create off the dribble, that's not really their game plan."

The Badgers kept up their defense, forcing eight Milwaukee turnovers until their lead had grown to 17 (64-47) with 6:44 remaining in the game.

A layup by Morgan Paige at the 3:20 mark extended UW's lead to 70-50 and a layup by Dakota Whyte with 1:16 remaining put the Badgers up by 22 (74-52), their largest lead of the game.

In total, Wisconsin forced 16 Milwaukee turnovers in the second half.

Wisconsin got off to a slow start, sputtering through seven lead changes in the first half before finally taking the lead for good at 33-31 on a jumper by AnnMarie Brown with 3:25 remaining in the half.

Brown finished the game with career highs of 11 points and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double.

It was a performance that didn't surprise Kelsey.

"Because (Brown) put in the work to do this and I'm not surprised. It is nice to see her do this because I knew she could.

"Others need to follow her lead and get on her page," Kelsey continued. "She's certainly put in her work and I'm more happy for her than she'll ever know."

Brown was joined in double figures by three other Badgers, Taylor Wurtz led the Badgers with 16 (7-of-16), Paige chipped in 14 (6-of-16) and freshman Nicole Bauman added 10 (3-of-6) in her Badger debut.